Tune-up: Evaluating Evidence | Skills on Demand

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Title:

Tune-up: Evaluating Evidence | Skills on Demand

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https://aptv.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/evaluating-evidence-interactive-lesson/skills-on-demand/

Content Source:

PBS
Type: Learning Activity

Overview:

In this short practice, students review how to determine whether the evidence that backs up a claim in a reading is sufficient, relevant, and credible and practice evaluating example passages.

Content Standard(s):
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
2. Make inferences and draw logical conclusions from the content and structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, claims and evidence, cause and effect, description, and sequencing.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 6
10. Determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of digital sources.

Examples: online academic journals, social media, blogs, podcasts
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
2. Evaluate how effectively an author uses structures of informational texts, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, and substantiated or unsubstantiated claims and evidence, to achieve a purpose.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 7
10. Assess subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility of various digital sources.

Examples: online academic journals, social media, blogs
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
2. Make complex inferences from the structure and content of a text, including comparison and contrast, problem and solution, cause and effect, and substantiated and unsubstantiated claims and evidence, to draw logical conclusions about the author's perspective.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 8
11. Analyze digital texts to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 9
12. Interpret digital texts to determine their subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
English Language Arts
ELA2021 (2021)
Grade: 10
12. Interpret digital texts to determine subject, occasion, audience, purpose, tone, and credibility.
Tags: claim, credibility, digital texts, evaluating sources, evidence, substantiated, unsubstantiated
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